{"id":12872,"date":"2016-12-12T07:21:43","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T14:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=12872"},"modified":"2016-12-12T07:21:43","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T14:21:43","slug":"geert-wilders-convicted-of-expressing-thoughtcrime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2016\/12\/12\/geert-wilders-convicted-of-expressing-thoughtcrime\/","title":{"rendered":"Geert Wilders Convicted of Expressing Thoughtcrime"},"content":{"rendered":"

     Dutch politician Geert Wilders was convicted<\/a> of daring to question the number of Moroccan colonists being imported by the Dutch government into the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

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“Dutch member of Parliament Geert Wilders was convicted of ‘hate speech’ in court this week. His crime? Addressing a rally of his supporters earlier in the year where people were shouting ‘fewer’ when speaking of how many Moroccan immigrants they wanted in the country.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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     Wilders responded by calling the conviction insane<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders said his conviction on Friday of insulting a group and inciting discrimination was ‘insanity’ and said the three judges who handed down the ruling were “haters” of his far-right Freedom Party (PVV).<\/p>\n

“‘Three PVV-hating judges declare Moroccans a race and convict me and half of the Netherlands. Insane,’ he wrote in a tweet shortly after the verdict.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

     Geert Wilders’ full response:<\/p>\n

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